Other News - 11/07/2007

Aer Lingus said it will add three new aircraft and expand capacity by 10% across its European network in 2008, including the addition of new Belfast International-Nice (twice-weekly), Dublin-Ibiza and Cork-Jersey services. It plans to operate 59 routes from Dublin, 18 from Cork and nine from Belfast next year. Frequencies across the network will be raised, including on flights to San Francisco, Orlando International and Washington Dulles.

The US majors will not give up on their campaign against the Gulf carriers, which present the biggest-ever threat to the future of US airlines, the CEO of United Airlines said in a speech in New York Thursday....More

Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) president Tim Canoll said the wider public has to be educated about the threat laser pointers pose to aircraft and help law enforcement catch people shining lasers into cockpits....More

US airlines, particularly regional carriers, have expressed hope that strict pilot training requirements implemented by FAA in 2013 will be eased in FAA reauthorization legislation expected to be taken up by Congress later this year, but there will likely be a strong push back against any efforts to change the rules....More